ARIZONA ST: While college football writers have made it clear that they don't care for the bluster of new Sun Devils coach Herm Edwards, athletes seem to feel differently: Herm crushed it on signing day despite getting a late start on recruiting. Of course, actually coaching is another matter, and analysts are right to have questions about Herm's ability to do so after a decade out of the game. Quarterback Manny Wilkins gets all his receiving weapons back including stud N'Keal Harry, but significant talent leaves at almost every other position'on both sides of the ball. Plus, the schedule is brutal.

ARIZONA: College football players'athletes of any sport, really'don't get more exciting than Khalil Tate. The Arizona quarterback rushed for 840 yards in the month of October alone last season. And when opponents adjusted, so did he: He ran for "only" 58 yards against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl, but threw for 302 yards and five touchdowns. The sky's the limit for his 2018 season, with incoming head coach Kevin Sumlin having orchestrated a Heisman-winning season for dual-threat QB Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M in 2012. If the defense can hold it together'admittedly a big if'the Wildcats could make a run at the division.